Newton High School - Railroader Yearbook (Newton, KS)

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752 nwtf Cfss M Seniors Cami Ford and Matt Washburn investigated the Senior Announcements ordering. ,fn SGTUOI' David LGBTUEG get his head Siled for his QYBGUBUOTI CBD. I' Senior Cheryl Burkett works after school to save money for College. ' Yrw . I 9 2 fs. Senior Sneryl Heine Celebrates being part ofthe 100th class to grad- K 2 1 uate from NHS. Right- Senior Kindra Nye works in the Adrninis- if trative office to train for her career in Business. I' ,ix W ' 'A i A i 2 I i fi 5, , Q K ,Y jr, H ...ts-Y .B ll 'J xx- 'Q

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Tilt augllt Although Newton High School is celebrating its 100th birthday, isn't celebrating all the years it has been in the building that the ass of '85 will know as its alma mater. ln fact most students ink that there were only two high school buildings, the present ie and the school which is now known as Santa Fe Middle School. tis belief may be attributed to the fact that of the five NHS high hool buildings Santa Fe and the present high school are the only io buildings still in existence. The other three schools were known as Lincoln, lVlcKinley and ioper. The first commencement ceremony was in 1886 in Lincoln hool at 4th and Ash Streets. There were only eight graduates tich were all female. ln 1887-88 the seniors graduated from lVlcKinley School located College Block and Pine Street. lt was built in 1887 by Hanna d Koch Construction for 34,000 There is no known photograph this building which was used as the high school. In 1888 two new schools were built for 330,000 each. A new :Kinley was built and the unsafe clapboard building known as irfield was torn down and in its place the new school dedicated IHS- C1974-19851 he present NHS building where the 100tl'1 birthday Will be Celebrated. llll BELTS Cooper for Superintendent J.W. Cooper was built and used for the graduating classes from 1889 to 1913. ln early 1913 a bond for 385,000 was approved for a new high school which included a two-story building with a gym and audi- torium. This is where Santa Fe Middle School now is. This was the first building that went by the name Newton High School. The class of 1914 was the first class to graduate from this building. A new high school was proposed in 1925 but was rejected by the community. An extra building was built on Broadway for S40,000. This building was known as the Annex and was put to use in the fall of 1926. In 1934 Lindley Hall was proposed. ln 1935 Lindley Hall was dedicated and used. ln 1938 Lindley Hall was expanded and the High School moved into the Broadway building as the old high school was used for the middle school. The class of 1974 was the first senior class to graduate from the present high school. lt is here that the school will celebrate its birthday and alumni will reminisce on the memories of the last 100 years that have been made in NHS, in all five locations. .L

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I .... iwter statue of Railerman and belt buckle were sold by seniors r the Educational Endowment Fund. CGD MGT Theclass of 1985 was special because it was the 100th class to graduate since NHS first began. Asked how they felt about being apart of the Centennial class, this is how some seniors responded. Lori Hiebert said, lt's an honor to be part of the centennial. l wouldn't change being a part of it for anything. Kevin Penner had a different feeling, according to him, lt's no big deal. Aaron Anderson jested, lt's the most exciting thing that's ever happened to me. Mark Akin said, lt makes no difference to me. Dick Bevan said, lt just doesn't matter. lt's a lot of work for some peopIe. Some people took a different approach. Karla Ford said she was very proud. Kim Kaufman thought it was neat. lVlarie Baugh said, l think it's kind of neat, because it only hap- pens once and we were born that year. Briana Stark said, lt's neat because it's something special Newton is doing and it's for the community not just our class. Kim Pennington said, l think it's neat with all the events planned and the community getting invoIved. Lora Davis said, l'm glad l'm going to be a part of something that's as special as this even though l'm not actively a part of it yet. Joanne Juhnke feels it's an honor, but somewhat overrated. lVlarty Loane said, I think it's pretty gamongui lgreatl because the 100th year represents a lot of pride and dignity. Larry Thompson feels, lt's a devastating honor. l'm greatly sad that there can't be a 100th class for everyone. Janelle Gaeddert said, lt's totally awesome because we get so many privileges.